AlphaGrain™GPC 50g
Stable Alpha GPC that doesn't absorb water!
Alpha GPC 50% - 100g granules
The process starts with Pure Alpha GPC which is then combined with silicon dioxide and ethyl cellulose using a special production technology to produce small stable granules.
Only medical grade silicon dioxide and ethyl cellulose are used - both common safe food additives.
Under 50% relative air humidity (room temperature), there is no change of the granular alpha GPC
after it is exposed to the air 48 hours!
Alpha GPC is a natural choline compound found in the brain and in foods such as milk. An acetyl-choline precursor that can cross the blood-brain barrier. Choline is one of the basic nutrients necessary for optimal cognitive function because choline is a precursor to acetylcholine, a key neurotransmitter without which we couldn't move, think, remember, or sleep.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha-GPC
Serving Suggestion: 500-1000mg once or twice a day
What is the quality or concentration?
With some supplements, you have to read the fine print to find out it's mixed with secondary cheaper products to make it look like you are getting more... This is pure Alpha GPC combined with other pharmaceutical grade ingredients to produce the 50% Alpha GPC granules that don't absorb water from the air like standard Alpha GPC, It's not a lower grade of Alpha GPC.
How do you work out how much Choline is different Choline supplements?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choline
Taking Choline (C5H14NO, Mol. Weight: 104) as a reference...
- Alpha GPC (L-alpha-Glycerylphosphoryl choline, Mol. Weight: 257) = 104/257 = 40% Choline - i.e. multiply by 0.40 to get amount of Choline (as this is 50% multiply by 0.2)
- CDP-Choline (Citicoline, Mol. Weight: 488.33) -> 21% Choline - i.e. multiply by 0.21 to get amount of Choline
- CDP-Choline-Na (Mol. Weight: 510.31) -> 20% Choline - i.e. multiply by 0.20 to get amount of Choline
- Choline Dihydrogen Citrate (Mol. Weight: 295.29) -> 35% Choline - i.e. multiply by 0.35 to get amount of Choline
- Phosphatidylcholine (Mol. Weight: 760.09) -> 14% Choline - i.e. multiply by 0.14 to get amount of Choline.
- You can use the same method for other choline compounds if you know the molecular weight (104/molecular weight x 100).
Recommended Choline Intake
https://www.nrv.gov.au/nutrients/choline
https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Choline-HealthProfessional
Serving Suggestion...
Use a scoop measure to make a mixture where 1 scoop = your serving size (say 250mg)... in water or Juice, to avoid having to measure with scales each time...
All the Supplements are different weights for a particular volume, so, unfortunately, there is no 'standard' 250mg scoop measure you can buy. Also, 250mg is a fairly small amount, typically too small for a scoop you can buy in the supermarket, but if you mix it with some dry powder like Benefiber or Psyllium powder, protein powder or something like that you can make a mixture where 1 scoop = 250mg.
For 100 servings where 1 scoop = 250mg serving
- Pick a small scoop (whatever you have e.g. teaspoon scoop) and see how many scoops 25g comes to. (lets say 25g was 30 of your scoops)
- Add 70 scoops of the other powder - then you have a mixture of 100 scoops where you know 1 scoop has 250mg in it.
- Consult your physician before use if taking other medication, or if suffering from acute severe illnesses or kidney damage, or if you have type II diabetes or a major depressive disorder.
No claim of therapeutic action or prophylactic action is implied, nor is it sold to treat any disease or illness or cause any physiological action. Alpha GPC is ‘Not suitable for children under 15 years of age or pregnant women: Should only be used under medical or dietetic supervision’. As a single compound, ‘it is not intended as a sole source of nutrition and should be consumed in conjunction with a nutritious diet and in conjunction with an appropriate physical training or exercise program'.
Item is packaged in Australia from imported ingredients.
